Anna Govert

The Sapphic stars “came out” as dating men—and rebranded accordingly

Ten years after the singer’s celestial debut, her legion of queer fans is finally getting to see her next trick

From “Agatha All Along” to “Love Lies Bleeding,” complicated, messy queer women and their love lives took centre stage

Maybe this speaks to my lack of imagination, but I’m not sure anyone expected a lesbian cultural phenomenon to be born out of a queer reimagining of the novella Carmilla, posted for free on YouTube and sponsored by the pad and tampon company Kotex.…

Photo Courtesy of HBO TV Features HBO Max 0 Let them think what they must. I am at last myself, with no ambition greater than to walk where I please, to breathe the open air, to die unremarked, unnoticed, and be free. Throughout House of the Dragon’s…

Photo Courtesy of HBO TV Features HBO Max It’s finally official: Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) is queer. The revelation, which came in the final minutes of Episode 6 of House of the Dragon’s second season, is not all that shocking—especially for…

As someone who has been paying very close attention to sapphic representation for about a decade, I can tell you, with absolute certainty, that lesbianism has never been more visible in mainstream media than in our current cultural moment. From Reneé…

In Episode 6 of Disney+’s Renegade Nell, Polly Honeycombe (Ashna Rabher) quickly and (almost!) painlessly discovers that she is, in fact, gayer than originally planned. The episode features fantasy sequences and slow-motion shots that feel straight…

Editor’s Note: TV moves on, but we haven’t. In our feature series It Still Stings, we relive emotional TV moments that we just can’t get over. You know the ones, where months, years, or even decades later, it still provokes a reaction? We’re here for…

If you told me at the end of 2023 that one of my favorite shows at the beginning of the new year would be Peacock’s raunchy Ted prequel, I would not have believed you. But seven episodes and a slightly belated binge later, I am a Ted convert.…

We conduct a nationwide manhunt for you and you’re boning the suspect? Did you think this was a joke? “Let’s direct federal resources and man hours so I can have my collegiate lesbian fling in style!” When D.E.B.S. premiered at Sundance Film Festival…

Last year was a particularly rough one for queer representation. From the massacre of nearly every show on The CW (a network that, regardless of quality, always provided consistent representation for a variety of sexualities and gender identities) to…

I would love for Marvel to just confirm her sexuality already, but there is something special about Carol Danvers' ability to live within two worlds. Brie Larson as Captain Marvel in The Marvels.Photo: Disney (Other) Entertainment Captain Marvel…

“I was just a little bi-curious.” “Well, honey, I’m a little bi-furious!” Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a lot of things—it’s creative, it’s hilarious, it’s sincere. But it’s also a product of the late 2000s and early 2010s, with all the ultimately…

During Season 2 of The Morning Show, Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon’s newly-blonde, both-sides anchor) came out as bisexual. Her flirtation with Laura Peterson (a criminally underutilized Julianna Margulies) started as just that, but it very…

Grief has been portrayed endlessly on television—and for good reason. As one of the most ubiquitous emotions, we will all grieve something or someone at some point in our lives, and that pain reaches across borders, languages, and belief barriers in…

It has undeniably been a rocky road for sapphic representation on screen over the past few years. While the woes began with Netflix and its penchant for canceling sapphic-led series, the blows to LGBTQ+ (but specifically lesbian and bisexual)…

7.6 Unless you have been living under a rock for the past year, then you’re likely familiar with Netflix’s queer hit Heartstopper. Hailed as an LGBTQ+ show for the ages, with wholesome love between two high school boys bolstered by their charmingly…

It’s already been said a million times, but Greta Gerwig’s record-breaking, earth- shattering, glittery Barbie is basically a masterpiece. It’s heartfelt and charming, while being laugh-out-loud funny and earnest at the same time, all wrapped in a…

Photo Courtesy of 20th Television TV Features Buffy the Vampire Slayer From the moment that stray bullet hit Tara (Amber Benson) during Season 6 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, marking the end of both a beloved character and her beloved relationship…